Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1909 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Fred Tyler is helping his brother, James, again this spring. Geo. Johnson and wife visited at Lewis Cooley’s Sunday. Clyde had two hofses choke on oats Sunday. Mrs. Clark, of Lee, visited her daughter, Mrs. Chas. McCashen, Monday and Tuesday. Joseph Stewart is quite busy fertilizing. He is representing a firm in Michigan. Mrs. Geo. Johnson and son, John, went to Idaville Tuesday to attend the fuqferal of Wm. Foster. Geo. H. Thomas,-of Lafayette, came up Tuesday, morning to look after the Dr. Wetheral farms. R. C. Godshall went to Chicago Friday and returned home Monday evening. Trustee Geo. Parker has been busy enumerating the school children and has about completed the circuit. Chester Downs was seized with a severe sore throat Tuesday and the family physician called in. The case may develop tonsillitis.

Chas. Bussell and son, Wilson, and Mary E. Lowe, of Rensselaer, went to Marinette, Wis., Tuesday night. They will be gone about a week. F. L. Peregrine has repaired one of the houses in McCoysburg and moved into it Monday. He will now be closer to his work. Wilson Searight, erf near Logansport, came out- last Wednesday for a few days’ visit with Chas. Bussell and family. He returned home Saturday.

Adolf Onken’s children have been having the mumps for the past two Weeks, but are getting along very nicely.

Misses Mary and Nellie Brandenburg have been visiting relatives at Lafayette and Lebanon the past two weeks. They will return home Saturday. August Ringeisen and sister, Mrs. Emma Hartke, of Sherburn, Minn., came Friday evening to see their sick sister, Mrs- Willits, and other relatives. Mrs. Russell Willits continues in about the same critical condition, at times she seems a little better, but any change so far has been scarcely noticeable. Mrs. R. S. Drake and Mrs. S. E. Fulk were in Monon Saturday doing some shopping, also to get some eggs of a fine breed of chickens that are raised near Monon.

Clarence Montz came home from Monticello last week to assist his father with the farm work. He has been attending high school this season.

Minor Botts went fishing Sunday and, as the fish did not take to his bait very readily, he laid down on the ditch bank to rest, soon he was aroused by the growl of an old mother wolf, and the next instant she fell victim to his shot gun. A close search resulted in the finding of six young wolves.